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society of the 

War of 1812 

OF THE DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA 



Oi-ganized April i8> 1896 



Formally recognized by the General Society 
June 19, 1896 






Mjb. Julian Jame« 
1912 



OFFICERS OF THE 

Society of the War of 1812 

OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 



1896-1898 

President 
General Adolphus W. Greely, U. S. A. 

First Vice-President 
Admiral Francis Ashbury Roe, U. S. N. 

Second Vice-President 
Marcus Benjamin. 

Treasurer 
John Elfreth Watkins 

Secretary 

Henry Randall Webb 

727 19th Street, Washington, D. C. 

Registrar 

Henry Weston Van Dyke 

Executive Committee 

Gen. adolphus W. Greely I Exoffido 

Henry Randall Webb > 

A. Howard Clark 

John Elfreth Watkins 

Delegate to General Society 
Marcus Benjamin 



THE CONSTITUTION 



PREAMBLE. 

Whereas, In the Providence of God, victory 
having crowned the forces of the United States of 
America, in upholding the principles of the Nation 
against Great Britain in the conflict known as the 
War of 1812 ; we, the survivors and descendants of 
those who participated in that contest, have joined 
together to perpetuate its memories and victories, 
to collect and secure for preservation rolls, records, 
books and other documents relating to that period ; 
to encourage research and publication of historical 
data, including memorials of patriots of that era 
in our national history ; to cherish, maintain and 
extend the institutions of American freedom, and 
foster true patriotism and love of country. 

ARTICLE I. 

NAME. 
The Society shall be known as the "SOCIETY 
of the war of l8l 2, of the district of 
Columbia." 



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ARTICLE II. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Any male person above the age of twenty-one 
years, who participated in, or who is a lineal 
descendant of one who served during the War of 
1812, in the army, navy, revenue-marine or priva- 
teer service of the United States, offering proof 
thereof satisfactory to the Executive Committee, 
and of good moral character and reputation, may 
become a member of this Society when approved 
of by the Board of Direction or the Society. 

ARTICLE III. 
OFFICERS. 

The officers shall consist of a President, two 
Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Regis- 
trar, a Historian, and an Executive Committee of 
seven members, who, together, shall form the 
Board of Direction, having the general manage- 
ment of affairs of this Society. They shall be 
chosen by ballot at the annual meetings of the 
Society, by and from members in good standing. 

The Board of Direction shall control the affairs 
of the Society, regulate the terms and details of 
admission to membership, fix salaries, make appro- 
priations, arrange for meetings (other than usual) 
and celebrations, receive delegates from similiar 
consituted societies or individuals of national repu- 



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tation — as patriots— and collect and provide for the 
due care and safety of books, documents, papers, 
portraits, relics and such literature relating to the 
War of 1812 as may be acquired by purchase, gift, 
bequest or loan. 

ARTICLE IV. 
ADMISSION OF MEMBERS. 

Every application for membership shall be made 
in writing, and in duplicate upon the form pro- 
vided by the Society for that purpose, subscribed 
by the applicant, setting forth claims of eligibility, 
and contain or be accompanied by proofs of same. 

On the recommendation of two members, such 
application and proofs shall be submitted to the 
Executive Committee or to such sub-committee as 
they may select, who may approve of and report 
the same to the Board of Direction. Payment of 
the initiation fee and subscription to the declara- 
tion in the printed form of application, is required 
of each applicant on admission. 

ARTICLE V. 

MEETINGS. 

The regular meeting of the Society shall be held 
in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, 
United States of America, and, inasmuch as the 
only justification of modern war is to improve rela- 



tions between nations laboring under wrongs or 
indignities, and in order to establish for such 
peoples just bases for their future intercourse ; and 
as the treaty of Ghent inaugurated between the 
United States and Great Britain an era of peace 
that has been unbroken for eighty years : 

Therefore, the District of Columbia Society 
OF THK War OF 1S12 selects as its day of celebra- 
tion the eighteenth of February, the date on which 
said treaty was promulgated by the President of 
the United States. 

Special meetings may be called by the President 
at the request of ten or more members to transact 
only such business as shall be specified in the call. 
No questions involving partisan politics, religion 
or offensive personalities shall be discussed at any 
meeting. 

ARTICLE VI. 

This Society shall conform to the General Society 
in its Constitution, but shall have the right to govern 
its own affairs outside of the restrictions prescribed 
therein. It shall elect each year, at its annual 
meeting, five delegates to represent its membership 
at the biennial or other meetings of the General 
Society and the President shall have power to till 
vacancies. 



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ARTICLE VII. 

EXPULSION OF MEMBERS. 

Any member found guilty of unlawful or im- 
proper conduct, after due notice and fair trial, may 
be expelled under rules and regulations to be made 
and provided for that purpose. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

SEAL. 

The seal of the Society shall be two and one-half 
inches in diameter, and shall consist of a rising 
sun, bearing on its face a representation of the 
bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British fleet, 
while above the sun and its rays, rises, displayed, 
the Star Spangled Banner of our country, with the 
motto of the Society — "For our country's rights" — 
in small Roman capital letters overhead. The de- 
sign described to be surrounded by wreaths of oak 
and laurel (emblematic of the valor and victory of 
our soldiers and sailors), with trophies of cannon, 
musket, sword and anchor on each side of and 
below said design. The whole to be encircled with 
a waving ribbon, one-fourth of an inch wide, bear- 
ing above in plain Roman capital letters, the 
legend, "The Society of the War of 1812," and 
below in similar letters, the words, "Founded 
1854." The Secretary of the Society shall be the 



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custodian of the seal, which shall be used for the 
purposes designated by the Board of Direction. 

ARTICLE IX. 

AMENDMENTS. 

No alteration or amendment shall be made to 
this Constitution until a written resolution to that 
effect be offered at a meeting of the Society, and, 
at some subsequent meeting, receive the concur- 
rence of two-thirds of the members present. 




BY-LAWS. 



FINANCES. 

Section i. The initiation fee shall be four (4) 
dollars; the annual dues one (1) dollar. Members 
who have not paid, will be deemed in arrears and 
debarred from voting at the meetings of the So- 
ciety. Persons admitted to membership after 
October 1st of any year are exempt from payment 
of dues for that year. The payment at any one 
time of twenty-five (25) dollars shall entitle the 
member so paying to a life membership. 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

Section 2. The President, or, in his absence, 
a Vice-President, or, in their absence, a Chairman 
pro tempore, shall preside at all meetings of the 
Society or Board of Direction, and shall exercise 
the usual functions of a presiding officer under 
general parliamentary rules. The President shall 
be, ex-officio, a member of all committees. He 
shall have power to call a meeting of the Board of 
Direction at such time and place as he may deem 

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advisable. He shall represent this Society, either 
in person or by substitute, at such assemblages as 
may be consistent with the objects, aims and pur- 
poses of this Society. 

SECRETARY. 

SECTION 3. The Secretary shall conduct the 
general correspondence of the Society and perform 
such other duties as the Society or Board of Direc- 
tion may reasonably require of him. 

TREASURER. 

Section 4. The Treasurer shall collect and 
keep the funds and securities of the Society, and 
deposit the same in some banking institution, 
which shall be designated by the Board of Direc- 
tion, to the credit of the "Society of the War of 
1812." Such funds shall be be drawn thence by 
the check of the Treasurer. 

Out of these funds the Treasurer shall pay such 
sums as may be ordered by the Society, Board of 
Direction, or, in case of urgent necessity, the Ex- 
ecutive Committee. He shall keep a true and 
accurate account of his receipts and payments ; and 
at each annual meeting, report the full fiuaueial 
condition of the Society, when an auditing com- 
mittee shall be appointed, who shall report the 
result of their audit to the Board of Direction. 



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REGISTRAR. 

SECTION 5. The Registrar shall receive from 
the Secretary, file and keep on record, all the 
proofs upon which membership has been granted ; 
a list of all certificates countersigned by him, and 
all documents, rolls, or other evidences of service 
in the War of 1812, of which the Society may 
become possessed. 

HISTORIAN. 

Section 6. The Historian shall prepare at least 
one historical paper during the year for which he 
is elected, and obituaries of members deceased 
during the year. 

BOARD OF DIRECTION. 

Section 7. The Board of Direction, composed 
of the elective officers of the Society, united with 
the Executive Committee, shall generally super- 
intend the interests and have the control and 
management of the affairs and funds of the So- 
ciety. The Board may also be convened by the 
President at the written request of three of its 
members. Four members shall constitute a quo- 
rum for the transaction of business. 

MEETINGS. 

Section 8. At all meetings of the Society fif- 
teen members shall constitute a quorum for the 
transaction of business. 



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The order of business shall be as follows: 
i. Prayer. 

2. Reading of minutes. 

3. Report of Board of Direction. 

4. Reports from officers. 

5. Reports from special committees. 

6. Communications read. 

7. Election of officers. 

8. Unfinished business. 

9. Miscellaneous business. 

MEMBERS. 

Section 9. Each member, on being notified of 
his admission, shall signify his adherence to the 
constitution and by-laws. His initiation fee and one 
year's dues shall be forwarded with his application. 

SUSPENSION OF RULES. 

Section 10. Any of the foregoing rules may be 
suspended at any meeting of the Society or Board 
of Direction, by a two-thirds vote of those present 
when the exigencies of the case may require it. 



DESCENDANT MEMBERS 



Aeden, Charles Henry. Colonel and Assistant 
Surgeon-General, U. S. Army, War Depart- 
ment, Washington, D. C. 

First in descent from Charles Henry 
Alden, Musician in Twelfth Regiment, 
New York Militia, 1S14. 

Benjamin, Marcus, Ph. D. U. S. National Mu- 
seum, Washington, D. C. 

Third in descent from Ezra Hough, Ser 
geant in Capt. McMahan's Company, New 
York Militia, 18 14. 

CivARK, Alonzo Howard. U. S. Smithsonian 
Institution, Washington, D. C. 

Second in descent from Lieut. John 
Carnes of the Privateers "York" and 
"Leo," of Baltimore, Md. 

Davenport, Richard Graham. Lieutenant, U. 
S. Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 

Second in descent from Isaiah Davenport 
of First Regiment, Georgia Militia, 1815. 
(13) 



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Second in descent from George Gra- 
ham, Captain of Fairfax County Company 
of Cavalry, Second Regiment, Virginia 
Militia, 1814. 

Third in descent from James Watson of 
Captain Briscoe's Company of Cavalry, 
First Regiment, District of Columbia, 
1813-1S14. 

Gardner, George Clinton. 235 New Jersey 
Avenue S. E., Washington, D. C. 

First in descent from Charles Kitchel 
Gardner, Colonel in United States Army, 
1S14. 

Greelv, Adolphus Washington. Brigadier- 
General and Chief Signal Officer, 1914 G 
Street, Washington, D. C. 

First in descent from John Balch Greely 
under command of Lieut. Paul Merrill of 
Capt. John Chickering's Company of Mas- 
sachusetts Militia, 1814. 

Second in descent from Samuel Cobb, 
who served at battle of L/Undy's Lane,i8i4. 

HENRY, JAMBS Malcomb. 2040 F Street, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

Second in descent from John A. Kear- 
ney, Surgeon, U. S. Navy, 1S13-1S15. 

HENRY, John William. 3106 N Street, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 



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Second in descent from John A. Kear- 
ney, Surgeon, U. S. Navy, 1813-1815. 

HorTon, Wiujam Edward. 639 A Street N.E., 
Washington, D. C. 

Third in descent from William Clarke, 
of Col. John Prior's Regiment, New York 
Militia, 1S14. 

Johnson, James Bowen. 2460 Sixth Street, 
Washington, D. C. 

Second in descent from Jeremiah 
Johnson of Captain Marston's Company, 
Twenty-first Regiment U. S. Infantry, 
1813-1814. 

Keim, DeB. Randolph. Reading, Pennsylvania. 

Second in descent from Thomas Beverly 

Randolph, Captain in 20th Regiment, 

United States Infantry, and Aide-de-camp 

to Gen. Morgan Lewis, 1813. 

Maloney, James Aeoysics, M. D. 1424 Q Street, 
Washington, D. C. 

Second in descent from Anthony Grady, 
of Fifty-first Regiment, Maryland Militia, 
1814. 

Mason, Theodorus Baieey Myers. Lieutenant, 
U. S. Navy. 1606 Twentieth Street, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

Second in descent from Mordecai Myers, 



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Captain in Thirteenth Regiment, U. S. 
Infantry. 

Roe, Francis Ashbiry. Rear Admiral, U. S. 
Navy. 1232 Seventeenth Street, Washington, 
D. C. 

First in descent from Isaac Roe of Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Smith's Regiment, New- 
York Militia. 1814. 

Saxton, Henry Dearborn, 615 Nineteenth 
Street, Washington, D. C. 

Second in descent from Ethan Allen 
Clan-, First Lieutenant in Fortieth Regi- 
ment, U. S. Infantry, 1S14. 

Smith, Frank Birge. 15 15 Corcoran Street, 
Washington, D. C. 

Second in descent from Cyrus Birge of 
Captain Birge's Company of Vermont 
Militia. 

Townsenp, Thomas Gerry. Captain. V. S. 
Army. Chevy Chase. Mil. 

Second in descent from Daniel S. Town- 
send, Captain in Ninth Regiment, D. S. 
Infantry, 1S13. 

Van Dyke, Harry Weston. 1416 F Street. 
Washington, D. C. 

Third in descent from Joseph Edson, 
Major in Vermont Militia, [814. 



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Watkins, John Elfreth. 1626 S Street, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

Second in descent from John Elfreth 
who served in the Philadelphia City Troop 
under Captain Charles Ross, 1814. 

Watkins, John Elfreth, Jr. 1626 S Street, 
Washington, D. C. 

Third in descent from John Elfreth who 
served in the Philadelphia City Troop 
under Capt. Charles Ross, 1814. 

Webb, Henry Randall. 727 Nineteenth Street, 
Washington, D. C. 

Second in descent from Henry Knapp 
Randall, Midshipman, U. S. Navy, 1813- 
1815. 

*Winlock William Crawford. 2005 O Street, 
Washington, D. C. 

Third in descent from Joseph Winlock, 
Brigadier-General, U. S. Army. 

* Died, September 20, 1896. 



Expenses. 

Initiation Fee, $4.00 

Annual Dues 1.00 



Members can obtain application blanks, insignia, 
rosettes and diplomas from the Secretary. 



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